Liu Shen & Associates

Firm overview:

Established in 1993 as the first private patent agency authorised to handle foreign-related patent matters in China, Liu, Shen & Associates filed over 100k patent and trademark applications and is now one of the largest intellectual property law firms in China.

Liu, Shen & Associates provides patent prosecution and full-range IP-related legal services such as patent invalidation, patent infringement/administrative litigation covering mechanics, electronics, telecommunications, chemistry and biomedicine.

The firm’s successful patent cases have been selected as Top 50 representative cases of the Supreme People’s Court and Top 10 cases of local courts. Liu Shen has been selected as an “Outstanding Law Firm” by the judicial administration.

Liu Shen also advises Chinese enterprises on the safeguarding of their IP rights abroad and has been involved in patent prosecution in over 10,000 cases in over 40 countries. The firm also advises Chinese enterprises on international invalidation, litigation and licensing matters.

Team overview:

Liu Shen has 475 staff, including 90 attorneys at law, 228 patent attorneys and 64 dual-qualified attorneys.

Hall of Fame lawyer Allen Tao advises on patent invalidation, litigation and dispute resolutions before administrative agencies and the courts, and counselling on IP strategies and patent clearance search. He also advises on patent prosecution on material, semiconductor, display, and mechanical engineering.